Douglas Smith (died October 15, 1972) began his broadcasting career with the BBC European Service (now the World Service) in 1946 and later worked as an announcer and newsreader on the Home Service and the Third Programme. He is perhaps best known as the very formal announcer on Beyond Our Ken (1958–1963), its more famous successor Round the Horne (1964–1969) and the short-lived Stop Messing About (1969–1970), where his 'BBC accent' was used to comic effect. Listeners remember him for advertising Dobbiroids (a fictional product for horses) and the huge number of naïve sound effects he made to assist in the development of humorous and often bizarre plots. Many of his roles were portrayals of inanimate objects.
He died in 1972.
Douglas Alexander Smith (born June 22, 1985) is a Canadian-American actor most notable for his work on the HBO series, Big Love as Ben Henrickson, the eldest son of a polygamist Bill Henrickson. He is the younger brother of Gregory Smith.
As a teenager he went to Australia to play the lead role as an American boy living in Australia in a series called Out There. In addition to his recurring role on Big Love, Smith has also co-starred in the films Sleepover, Rock the Paint, Santa's Slay and State's Evidence. Smith has also guest starred on several television series including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI Miami, Close to Home, Everwood, Joan of Arcadia, The X-Files, Crossing Jordan, and Cold Case. He played the one of the lead roles in "Hangman's Curse".
Younger brother of Gregory Smith (I)
Has a brother, Andrew and a sister, Samantha.
Son of Maurice Smith (I)
